Duke Offers App for Campus History Tours

 

Duke Campus History Tour launched this month on the Duke Explore app. The tour was developed as part of Duke’s Centennial Celebration to provide a deeper understanding of Duke’s history for the campus community and visitors.

You can download the app on your phone for an engaging, informative introduction to key moments and people in the history of Duke University and Trinity College. The experience offers three separate tours—West Campus (with 10 stops), East Campus (8 stops) and Athletics (4 stops). Users can select the tours that match their time and interests. Each stop or location provides a brief description, audio narration, photos and links to learn more.

For users walking around campus, the app uses geolocation technology to guide the tour and signal the approach to the next stop.

Duke University was established in 1924 when James B. Duke, through the Indenture of Trust, designated a gift that transformed Trinity College into a comprehensive research university. Learn more about centennial activities by visiting the Duke Centennial web pages.

60 Years Later: Reflections on South Dakota State's Transition from State College to University

 

The Brookings Register posted a series of interesting articles reflecting on changes at South Dakota State University as the institution transitioned from a state college to a regional university. 

The first, "From college to State: 60 years later: New name at South Dakota State was harbinger of 60 years of change," was published on June 11, 2024.

Then, "From college to State: 60 years on: Challenges during name-change phase successfully overcome," followed on June 18, 2024.

Video Focuses on History of Highland Park College

 

The Des Moines, Iowa Historical Society offers a very interesting presentation on their YouTube channel focusing on the history of Highland Park College. This has been researched and presented by L.M. Elm who also maintains a blog College on the North Side that includes photos and links to Highland Park yearbooks. The presenter lays out a story common to many institutions founded across the midwest.

Freedom Footprints: A self-guided walking tour through Elon University's Black History

 

Elon University recently posted "Freedom Footprints: A Juneteenth Journey through Elon’s Black History" a self-guided walking tour. The web page includes a map created in Google Maps and detailed information for a number of tour stops are denoted by number.

You can read more about the walking tour in "Elon celebrates Juneteenth with tour, discussion," with reporting by Michaela Zeno.

American Academy of Art College Announced Closure in early July

The American Academy of Art College announced that it will be closing. You can read more in "After 101 Years, Chicago’s American Academy of Art College to Close," posted on July 2, 2024 by WTTO with reporting by Marc Vitali.

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If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers, and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.

Closure Announced by Northwestern College

 Northwestern College in Oak Lawn, IL announced this past week that it will close. 

Northwestern Business College was founded in 1902 on what was then 1747 N. Robey Street in Chicago by J.F. Fish. And while it changed owners and locations over the years, it remained a family-owned educational enterprise. 

The college relocated to the Logan Square area of Chicago after 1918 and was sold a time or two before Myrtle M. Voss assumed ownership in the 1930s. In 1958 Violet and Edward Schumacher purchased the college. Then in 1977, Lawrence Schumacher and Nancy Schumacher Kucienski formed Lancelot Inc. and purchased the college. The curriculum expanded to offer programs in computers and word processing. 

The institution relocated in in 1981 to the northwest side of Chicago and in 1987 a second campus was opened in Palos Hills, IL. Then in 2001 a third campus was added in Naperville. Accreditation was gained through The Higher Learning Commission. Lawrence Schumacher assumed sole ownership in 2007 and the name changed to Northwestern College. The institution moved in 2022 to the Oak Lwn campus on the corner of 95th and Cicero Avenues.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers, and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.

Clarks Summit University Announces Closure

 Clarks Summit University in Pennsylvania announced on July 1, 2024 that it will be closing.

The institution was founded as Baptist Bible College and Seminary in 1932 in Johnson City, New York. It moved to Pennsylvania in 1968 and changed its name to Clarks Summit University in 2015.

You can read more in "Grief, gratitude at Clarks Summit University as school announces closure," posted by West Virginia's public radio affiliate WVIA.

If you are interested in recent trends for closures, mergers, and acquisitions access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page. There are separate tabs for non-profit closures, for-profit closures, and one for mergers and acquisitions. Each tab includes basic information for the institutions, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.